Professor Blaine Writing IV 20 February 2013 Junk food advertising Subject 1: Because of the alarming rate of childhood obesity and the power of advertising to attract children‚ a growing number of people think that junk food advertising should be banned or limited in some way. Would you be for or against such a ban? Write a persuasive paragraph in which you develop and support your position on this issue. I strongly believe that junk food advertising should not be banned because it
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Junk Food is a vast contributor to the increasing levels of diabetes‚ and other chronic conditions and diseases in America. In order to establish a healthy country‚ Americans must alter eating habits and establish knowledge within our nation’s children. The beverage and food industry spend billions of dollars annually to promote its products to children. Public institutions promote these products to increase revenue for school needed activities. This continuous‚ unhealthy cycle is in adversely
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“Junk Food and its Affects on Childhood Obesity” According to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion‚ the rate of childhood obesity has tripled in the last 30 years. Although there are many contributing factors to this statistic‚ junk food has proven itself to be the leading cause of this epidemic. The problem with junk food is its lack of nutritional value. When you turn on the television‚ you are inundated with fast food and junk food commercials. Excessive
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are killing themselves with food. Everywhere I go‚ all I see is fast-food restaurants‚ lousy eating habits and unconscious people. They don’t seem to make eating habits a priority anymore. I think that people forgot one of the fundamental aspects of the human body: you are what you eat. If you eat fat‚ you will be fat. It is as logical to me as saying that if you drink five gallons of gasoline‚ you will die. Thus‚ I think that children should begin learning good food habits at a young age‚ so that
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Mao-Tamasese‚ Paula 20 July 2014 Sanger English 100 "Fat Tax" brings Fat Benefits Junk food. Do any of us know the meaning of the term? Do the consequences of developing lethal diseases not concern us? Apparently‚ today’s society is well aware of what it is‚ (food with a low nutrition value and is usually processed or ready-prepared (Junk Food)) and what it can do‚ yet they prefer not to have truth repeatedly slapped in their face by the media. The way I see it‚ that’s exactly what these
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“Junking junk food” – Judith Warner In this article the author is trying to show us how our country has become very unhealthy nation. Warner believes that to end the obesity in the country the government needs to be involved. They should make healthy food more appealing while making the junk food less appealing. There are a lot of people whom are worrying and trying to change the way majority of American people eat. Because almost 40% of American people are fat‚ and that because the way they eat
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The target of this intervention is to cut back on fatty foods and decrease weight by exercising on a daily basis in doing so by playing basketball‚ consuming under 2000 calories daily and increasing the amount of green tea ingested. The benefits of performing this lifestyle change are having to be active in which the body creates endorphins‚ speeding metabolism and boosting up one’s confidence. Many things can go wrong in this experiment. One thing to take into consideration is the influence of family
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------------------------------------------------- Obesity Junk food plays a major role in the obesity epidemic. By the year 2050‚ the rate of obesity in the U.S. is expected to reach 42 percent‚ according to researchers at Harvard University. Children who eat fast food as a regular part of their diets consume more fat‚ carbohydrates and processed sugar and less fiber than those who do not eat fast food regularly. Junk food in these children’s diets accounts for 187 extra calories per day‚ leading
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A long time ago‚ people ate foods that are really safe for their wellness. People also took in a bunch of time to prepare their own nutrients. So those people were not being impressed by the intellectual nourishment that they rusted‚ because all of the foods that they had were natural foods and healthy. Nowadays‚ most of people in the world are extremely busy. Thus‚ It’s no secret‚ that people don’t have time to cook at home. That’s why people prefer to eat foods that are easily cooked or ready
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The blame for obesity is almost always placed on fast food restaurants alone. However‚ the rise in obesity is contributed by several factors – a change in lifestyle‚ less exercise‚ bigger food portions and targeted marketing. To be fair‚ the presence of fast food industry is fueled by a major change in the lifestyle of today’s generation. The advancement of technology and modern appliances has changed the way we live‚ harming us in some ways. We drive to work or school instead of walking or cycling
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